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1 INFO 6681 Geospatial Information Management | 18 November 2015 Geographic Information Management and Archives Creighton Barrett

2 Geographic Information Management and Archives | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568 INFO 6681 Geospatial Information Management AGENDA Dalhousie Archives Catalogue and Online Collections Finding aid migration project “Mapping” of finding aids in ArcServer Challenges, next steps, etc.

3 Geographic Information Management and Archives | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568 INFO 6681 Geospatial Information Management

4 Geographic Information Management and Archives | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568 INFO 6681 Geospatial Information Management ARCHIVES CATALOGUE STATS (as of November 16, 2015) 167,494 archival descriptions 3,256 authority records 686 subject headings 491 geographic headings ca. 250,000 descriptions by January 2016

5 Geographic Information Management and Archives | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568 INFO 6681 Geospatial Information Management ARCHIVES CATALOGUE STATS

6 Geographic Information Management and Archives | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568 INFO 6681 Geospatial Information Management Paper-based finding aids 1970-2000s MS Access >> HTML finding aids Import legacy EAD data into Archivists’ Toolkit 2000s-December 2010 Launch Archivists’ Toolkit Archivists’ Toolkit >> HTML finding aids Create subject headings and authority records Finding aids migration project (import into ATOM) January 2011-December 2014 Launch Archives Catalogue and Online Collections Publish map in ArcGIS January 2015-

7 Geographic Information Management and Archives | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568 INFO 6681 Geospatial Information Management ARCHIVISTS' TOOLKIT SUBJECT HEADINGS

8 Geographic Information Management and Archives | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568 INFO 6681 Geospatial Information Management ARCHIVISTS' TOOLKIT SUBJECT HEADINGS

9 Geographic Information Management and Archives | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568 INFO 6681 Geospatial Information Management FINDING AIDS MIGRATION PROJECT Extensive internal data cleaning 625+ multi-level EAD XML archival descriptions exported from Archivists’ Toolkit Internal development of custom XSLT to prepare XML files for import into AtoM Artefactual Systems did final data migration

10 Geographic Information Management and Archives | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568 INFO 6681 Geospatial Information Management ATOM TAXONOMIES Taxonomies were “rebuilt” based on EAD headings

11 Geographic Information Management and Archives | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568 INFO 6681 Geospatial Information Management ATOM TAXONOMIES EAD ELEMENT ATOM TAXONOMY or or Authority record Subject heading Geographic heading general material designation [GMD]

12 Geographic Information Management and Archives | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568 INFO 6681 Geospatial Information Management ATOM TAXONOMIES Taxonomies were “rebuilt” based on EAD headings

13 Geographic Information Management and Archives | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568 INFO 6681 Geospatial Information Management WE WORKED REALLY HARD TO MAKE THIS WORK…

14 Geographic Information Management and Archives | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568 INFO 6681 Geospatial Information Management AND THERE WERE PROBLEMS… AtoM lost “source” attribute in authority records, subject headings, genre/form statements, and geographic place names Consider internal usage vs. external usage Move on…

15 BUILD FINDING AIDS MAP

16 Geographic Information Management and Archives | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568 INFO 6681 Geospatial Information Management CHECK GEOGRAPHIC PLACE NAMES

17 Geographic Information Management and Archives | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568 INFO 6681 Geospatial Information Management CREATE MAP DATA Geographic location name Number of results URL to geographic heading Coordinates

18 Geographic Information Management and Archives | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568 INFO 6681 Geospatial Information Management TEST PRESENTATION OPTIONS

19 Geographic Information Management and Archives | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568 INFO 6681 Geospatial Information Management EMBED MAP WITH

20 Geographic Information Management and Archives | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568 INFO 6681 Geospatial Information Management

21 Geographic Information Management and Archives | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568 INFO 6681 Geospatial Information Management ISSUE #1: IS NOT “RESPONSIVE”

22 Geographic Information Management and Archives | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568 INFO 6681 Geospatial Information Management ISSUE #1: IS NOT “RESPONSIVE”

23 Geographic Information Management and Archives | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568 INFO 6681 Geospatial Information Management ISSUE #2: UPDATES!

24 Geographic Information Management and Archives | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568 INFO 6681 Geospatial Information Management ISSUE #3: MAP SEARCH RESULTS VS. PLOTS

25 Geographic Information Management and Archives | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568 INFO 6681 Geospatial Information Management ISSUE #4: IDENTIFYING GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS MS-2-781, PB Box 16, Folder 70 - Photograph of two women in front of rock arch along the Bay of Fundy David K. Joyce Minerals: “This is a rock arch that we came upon, unexpectedly, when we rounded a corner in the bluffs.”

26 Geographic Information Management and Archives | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568 INFO 6681 Geospatial Information Management ISSUE #5: SELECTING GEOGRAPHIC HEADINGS MS-2-744, Box 323, Folder 18 - Boat paper and nonpaper : [informal discussion documents]

27 Geographic Information Management and Archives | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568 INFO 6681 Geospatial Information Management NEXT STEP: STRUCTURE GEOGRAPHIC HEADINGS

28 Geographic Information Management and Archives | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568 INFO 6681 Geospatial Information Management NEXT STEP: ADD COORDINATES

29 Geographic Information Management and Archives | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568 INFO 6681 Geospatial Information Management NEXT STEP: UPDATE MAP

30 Geographic Information Management and Archives | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568 INFO 6681 Geospatial Information Management NEXT STEP: AUTOMATION?

31 Geographic Information Management and Archives | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568http://hdl.handle.net/10222/64568 INFO 6681 Geospatial Information Management IMAGE CREDITS Slide 14: Screenshot of Dal Archives XML provided by Dal Gillean of Artefactual Systems Slide 25: Photograph of two women in front of rock arch along the Bay of Fundy, MS-2-781, PB Box 16, Folder 70, Byron Ulric Hatfield Photograph Collection: http://findingaids-stage.library.dal.ca/photograph-of-two- women-in-front-of-rock-arch-along-bay-of-fundy http://findingaids-stage.library.dal.ca/photograph-of-two- women-in-front-of-rock-arch-along-bay-of-fundy Slide 25: Photograph of rock arch, David K. Joyce Minerals website: http://www.davidkjoyceminerals.com/pagefiles/activities_det ail.asp?ProdID=arch http://www.davidkjoyceminerals.com/pagefiles/activities_det ail.asp?ProdID=arch


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